"Blogger's FAQ: Student Blogging." Electronic Frontier Foundation. 2005. w2.eff.org/bloggers/lg/faq-students.php accessed Nov 9, 2007.
Legal and ethical guide, FAQ style.
Utecht, Jeff. "Teacher 2.0: The Evidence." TechLearning, May 24, 2007. www.techlearning.com/blog/2007/05/teacher_20_the_evidence.php Accessed Nov 9, 2007.
Includes Blogging Rubrics for use with students, and a discussion of assignment outputs in Web 2.0 formats.
Speaking of History
A great blog of an 8th grade history teacher in Missouri who is doing some really exciting things using Web 2.0 tools in his classroom. He includes podcasts and videopodcasts, he creates Studycasts (test review podcasts), and pulls in outside experts via podcast/blog/email to both provide new information and to give feedback to the students on their presentations.
Sage - http://sage.mozdev.org/
Plugin for Firefox browser for managing feeds - accessible only on the machine you download it to, via your firefox browser
iTunes - http://www.apple.com/itunes
Downloadable feed reader for audio & video podcasts - accessible only on the machine you download it to.
NEW! Creating a Feed:
The best resource I have found on how to hand-code feeds (to make your existing page subscribable or in BLOG style, is Make RSS Feeds at http://www.make-rss-feeds.com.
Table of Contents
BLOGS
Blogging: Read this First!
Harris, Christopher. "Digital Reshift: Critical Clicks: Blogging." School Library Journal. 53.3 (2007).
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/840000284/post/1250007925.html?q=blogging
Very brief intro to blogging.
Oatman, Eric. “Blogomania!” School Library Journal 51.8 (2005): 36-39. http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA632382.html
Older and basic intro to blogging.
Blogging Resources
"Blogger's FAQ: Student Blogging." Electronic Frontier Foundation. 2005.w2.eff.org/bloggers/lg/faq-students.php accessed Nov 9, 2007.
Legal and ethical guide, FAQ style.
Utecht, Jeff. "Teacher 2.0: The Evidence." TechLearning, May 24, 2007.
www.techlearning.com/blog/2007/05/teacher_20_the_evidence.php Accessed Nov 9, 2007.
Includes Blogging Rubrics for use with students, and a discussion of assignment outputs in Web 2.0 formats.
Blogs to Read:
28 Black Picture Books That Aren’t About Boycotts, Buses or Basketball Scott Woods
AASL Blog - http://blogs.ala.org/aasl.php
American Association of School Librarians - news, resources, conference session notes.
California School Library Association's Blog - http://schoollibrarylearning2.blogspot.com/
A blog that includes a tutorial on some Web 2.0 tools.
Concord Carlisle Library
Robin Cicchetti's blog - lots of good resources!
Blogging Libraries - http://www.blogwithoutalibrary.net/links/index.php?title=School_libraries
A wiki with a list of libraries around the world with blogs.
School Library Journal - http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/620000062.html
Amy Bowllan's Blog on School Library Journal site.
Speaking of History
A great blog of an 8th grade history teacher in Missouri who is doing some really exciting things using Web 2.0 tools in his classroom. He includes podcasts and videopodcasts, he creates Studycasts (test review podcasts), and pulls in outside experts via podcast/blog/email to both provide new information and to give feedback to the students on their presentations.
Blogging Tools:
Feed Readers:Bloglines - http://www.bloglines.com
Web based, multimedia feed reader.
Google Reader - http://www.google.com/reader
Simple, easy to use feed reader - log in via iGoogle
My Yahoo! - http://my.yahoo.com/s/about/rss/index.html
Personalized homepage featuring your favorite RSS feeds
Sage - http://sage.mozdev.org/
Plugin for Firefox browser for managing feeds - accessible only on the machine you download it to, via your firefox browser
iTunes - http://www.apple.com/itunes
Downloadable feed reader for audio & video podcasts - accessible only on the machine you download it to.
Blog Directories:
Technorati - http://www.technorati.com
Directory, with blogging stats and top lists
Podcast Alley - http://www.podcastalley.com
Directory of podcasts (audio blogs)
YouTube - http:///www.youtube.com
Archive and directory for podcasted, mostly amateur video
Blog Hosts:
Blogger - http://www.blogger.com
Google owned blog host. Free.
Pod-o-matic - http://www.podomatic.com
Free podcast recording & storage, direct to web
Six Apart - http://www.sixapart.com
Owns Livejournal, Typepad, Moveable Type & Vox. Free & fee options.
Wordpress - http://www.wordpress.com
Blog host. Free & fee options.
NEW! Creating a Feed:
The best resource I have found on how to hand-code feeds (to make your existing page subscribable or in BLOG style, is Make RSS Feeds at http://www.make-rss-feeds.com.
A list of feed creation applications is online at
http://del.icio.us/informationgoddess29/feeds